As the filmmaking team for “The Woman King” travels to Brazil to promote the historical epic, Viola Davis and her husband and producing partner Julius Tennon are celebrating the success of the film…
are celebrating the success of the film’s no. 1 debut at the box office, grossing $19 million domestically.
“There was a sense that our stories aren’t universal and can’t reach the white man or woman or the Hispanic man or woman,” Davis tellsJust today, Davis says, a white woman asked her, “Does it surprise you that your story could reach me as a white woman?” Davis is an Oscar-winner for “Fences” and is the most nominated Black actress with four noms. For comparison, there have been 14 instances of Black women nominated for best actress, with one winner, Halle Berry . Meryl Streep has more nominations in the category, with 17, with two statuettes.
Allies and Black celebrities like Kerry Washington, Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade, and Octavia Spencer bought out movie theaters in communities that may have trouble buying tickets to see the movie. Is that something you would like to see more of moving forward?: I would because in order to move the narrative forward in terms of diversity and inclusion, it’s going to take all of us doing it together. This is not a lone wolf kind of fight.
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